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Old August 3rd 03, 09:52 PM
Charlie
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Default Need tips on polymer clay

I'm not sure about polymer clay, but I really enjoy salt dough. The
advantage is that it's so cheap to make - just flour, salt and water! You
can paint on it with anything too.

Charlie.

"BedazzlingJewels" wrote in message
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I'm trying to encourage my son's artistic ability. He's pretty good with
watercolors and I read somewhere that you can use watercolor pencils to

"paint"
on polymer clay. I was thinking maybe he could make some focal beads or
pendants that I could use and if they sell, he'd see that his artistic

talent
can even make him some money! I'm not a polymer clay artist and I know

very
little about it, but I thought working with clay would appeal to him. Any
tips/suggestions will be appreciated.

Caren



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Old August 3rd 03, 10:06 PM
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'm not sure about polymer clay, but I really enjoy salt dough. The
advantage is that it's so cheap to make - just flour, salt and water! You
can paint on it with anything too.


Will salt dough hold up well enough to be worn as jewelry?
My son is 15 (probably should have mentioned that) so dexterity isn't a
problem.
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Old August 3rd 03, 10:10 PM
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Old August 4th 03, 12:55 AM
Christina Peterson
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Frankly, Caren, if he's 15 and not very interested in making or selling
art/jewelry, I think you should let him seek out his own interests. Pushing
him into this now would just make him feel like you're pushing him into your
agenda at the price of his own and might delay his interest in artist
expression.

My mother had a couple illustrated books published by the Oxford Press while
she was in high school. (And Tina was artistic too). I always felt those
parenthesis. As it happens, my mother's art and mine were in two completely
different medium groups (2D and 3D), and our approaches to art were even
more dissimilar.

If he's interested enough to enquire for himself, I also think the people
here would be better able to help him.

Tina


"BedazzlingJewels" wrote in message
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'm not sure about polymer clay, but I really enjoy salt dough. The
advantage is that it's so cheap to make - just flour, salt and water!

You
can paint on it with anything too.


Will salt dough hold up well enough to be worn as jewelry?
My son is 15 (probably should have mentioned that) so dexterity isn't a
problem.



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Old August 4th 03, 06:47 AM
White Raven Designs
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Heya Deborah,
Thanks for posting that link... it's one I had not found yet while re
building my personal links list,
(Psst..... I have some polyclay on eBay at the moment! )

--
Warmest Regards,
Nita,
White Raven Designs
http://www.stores.ebay.com.au/whiteravendesigns
"Deborah" wrote in message
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Try he
http://www.glassattic.com/

There's a bunch of info related to what you are seeking.

Best,
Deborah


"BedazzlingJewels" wrote in message
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I'm trying to encourage my son's artistic ability. He's pretty good with
watercolors and I read somewhere that you can use watercolor pencils to

"paint"
on polymer clay. I was thinking maybe he could make some focal beads or
pendants that I could use and if they sell, he'd see that his artistic

talent
can even make him some money! I'm not a polymer clay artist and I know

very
little about it, but I thought working with clay would appeal to him.

Any
tips/suggestions will be appreciated.

Caren





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Old August 4th 03, 07:51 AM
Charlie
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Sure, I've made stage jewelry from it before. It got a few knocks. Only
one piece broke and we just fixed it with super glue and re-varnished it!

Charlie.

"BedazzlingJewels" wrote in message
...
'm not sure about polymer clay, but I really enjoy salt dough. The
advantage is that it's so cheap to make - just flour, salt and water!

You
can paint on it with anything too.


Will salt dough hold up well enough to be worn as jewelry?
My son is 15 (probably should have mentioned that) so dexterity isn't a
problem.



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Old August 4th 03, 10:01 PM
Sjpolyclay
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My son makes makes pendants from clay, and they usually sell...but he's not all
that motivated to do it. I think there are some of them on my "masks" page.

Polymer Clay is great for use with colored pens or pencils--I use Berol
Prismacolors for best results. The flat sheets of clay have a good "tooth" for
direct drawing, or you can transfer the drawings on paper onto the clay.
Try to get him to use Premo if he wants to make and sell---SculpyIII is not as
durable, tho more common in stores.

Salt/cornstarch dough is cool for kids to play with, but does not hold up well
through time, it is very sensitive to humidity.
Sarajane

Sarajane's Polymer Clay Gallery
http://www.polyclay.com

view my auctions at:
http://www.polyclay.com/Collage/auction.htm

 




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